A court in the German city of Chemnitz convicts a Syrian asylum-seeker over a fatal stabbing last year that touched off far-right protests.
The state court in Dresden convicts Alaa S. of manslaughter and dangerous bodily harm in the killing last August of Daniel Hillig.
Judges sentence the 24-year-old defendant, whose last name wasn’t released in line with German privacy laws, to 9 years and 6 months in prison, slightly less than the 10-year-sentence prosecutors had demanded.
Alaa S, right, who is suspected of being responsible for the stabbing of Daniel Hillig in Chemnitz, escorted by a police officer as he arrives for the start of his trial at the court in Dresden, Germany, March 18, 2019. (Matthias Rietschel/AP)
Defense lawyers had called for their client to be acquitted, citing lack of evidence.
An Iraqi suspect in the case is still being sought on an international arrest warrant.
Following the killing, thousands of neo-Nazis, members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party and others assembled in Chemnitz to protest against migration.
— AP
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